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In observance of Memorial Day, all Provident Bank branches will be closed on Monday, May 30, 2022. Online access to your account(s) will not be affected. Normal banking hours will resume the following business day.

September Diversity Holidays

Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 to October 15. This month corresponds with Mexican Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 16, and recognizes the revolution in 1810 that ended Spanish dictatorship.   

SEPTEMBER 5

  • Labor Day in the United States honors the contribution that workers have made to the country and is observed on the first Monday of September. 

SEPTEMBER 11

  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist, a holy day observed by various Christian churches that follow liturgical traditions. The day commemorates the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, who was beheaded on the orders of Herod Antipas through the vengeful request of his stepdaughter, Salome, and her mother. 
  • Ethiopian New Year. Rastafarians celebrate the New Year on this date and believe that Ethiopia is their spiritual home. 

SEPTEMBER 18

  •  International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time in September 2020, represents the long-standing efforts toward the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations’ commitment to human rights and its efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls. 

SEPTEMBER 22

  • Ostara Mabon, a celebration of the vernal equinox commemorated by Pagans and Wiccans   

SEPTEMBER 24

  • Native American Day, a federal holiday observed annually on the fourth Friday in September in the state of California and Nevada and on the second Monday in October in South Dakota and Oklahoma, United States  

SEPTEMBER 25 - 27 (sundown to sundown)

  • Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration, marking the creation of the world 

SEPTEMBER 27

  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross), in some Christian denominations, a day that commemorates the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus 
  • Meskel, a religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Helena in the fourth century  

SEPTEMBER 28

  • Teacher’s Day in Taiwan. This day is used to honor teachers’ contributions to their students and to society in general. People often express their gratitude to their teachers by paying them a visit or sending them a card. The birth of Confucius, the model master educator in ancient China, is also commemorated on this date. 

SEPTEMBER 29

  • Michaelmas, or the Feast of Michael and All Angels, is a minor Christian festival dedicated to Archangel Michael that is observed in some Western liturgical calendars  

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